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THE INDOMITABLE CITY

Since the late 19th century, when San Francisco got its cable cars and pastel-hued Victorians, Levi Strauss and Ghirardelli Chocolate, it has been the envy of other cities. So the schadenfreude that has erupted recently over home prices and homelessness, street crime and empty office towers, is nothing new. Yes, this city has real problems, but the line at Powell and Market for the cable car, which turns 150 this year, is still long, and world-class restaurants still seem to open nightly. Boom-and-bust cycles have afflicted the City by the Bay since the Gold Rush, but as surely as the fog will roll through the spans of the Golden Gate Bridge this afternoon, San Francisco will rise again. BY REBECCA MISNER

Eat Here Now

Relying on the region’s legendary produce and purveyors, a diverse group of the city’s chefs and restaurateurs is redefining California cuisine

COPRA

The menu at this new upscale Indian stunner in the Fillmore riffs on the dishes chef Srijith Gopinathan grew up eating in Kerala. For the table, get a chutney sampler, which includes a wild gooseberry option; the piquant Konkan crab curry with a lacy, wafer-thin appam is too delicious to share.

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